Arch
Missouri's famous landmark
An arch is a curved structure spanning an opening, typically supporting weight above it—doorways, bridges, windows.
The shape extends to anything curved similarly: the arch of the foot, the arch of an eyebrow.
As a verb, to arch is to form this curve: The cat arched its back.
Separately, arch as an adjective means playfully teasing or self-consciously clever: an arch smile, an arch tone.
This sense suggests someone performing their own cleverness.
Passage into a room
- gatewayPoint of access
- vaultSecure storage chamber
- keystoneArch's central locking stone
- spanDistance between endpoints
Roman · buttress · aqueduct · colonnade · portico · arcade · entryway · masonry
Respectful forward inclination
- crescentCurved sickle-like arc
- arcCurved line segment
- bendCurve or flex
- parabolaSymmetrical open plane curve
curvature · rainbow · sweep · hump · curved · semicircle · half-moon · eyebrow
Inclined toward fun
- slyCleverly deceptive
- knowingPossessing awareness or insight
- teasingPlayful, mild ridicule
- coyAffectedly modest
impish · roguish · wry · glance · smile · eyebrow · cunning · expression
doorway
Passage into a room
span · Roman · buttress · aqueduct · colonnade · portico · arcade · entryway · masonry · springer
bow
Respectful forward inclination
parabola · curvature · rainbow · sweep · hump · curved · semicircle · half-moon · eyebrow · back
playful
Inclined toward fun
coy · impish · roguish · wry · glance · smile · eyebrow · cunning · expression · look
principal
Chief school administrator
leading · supreme · foremost · archrival · archvillain · preeminent · paramount · greatest · ultimate · master
foot
Leg's lowest part
orthotic · support · flatfoot · fallen · metatarsal · podiatry · insole · pronation · heel · midfoot
- Motorcyclesmotorcycle, motorbike, cruiser, cruisers, sport bike
- St. LouisCardinals, Anheuser-Busch, Budweiser, Clayton, Mississippi River
- Unix/LinuxLinux, Unix, kernel, bash, GNU
- Athens, GeorgiaUniversity of Georgia, Georgia Bulldogs
- OpsinsMac, ACR
- open sourceGNU, open source software, free software, GPL, forks
- Gateway ArchCatenary-shaped memorial in Missouri
- triumphal archMonument celebrating conquest
- arch enemyPrincipal, persistent adversary
- wheel archCutout housing a tire
- arch rivalsFiercest, most enduring opponents
- archery rangeBow and arrow facility
arched, arches, arching, archway, archways, archer, archers, archery, archbishop